In memory of a baby boy Machieltje Prins who was killed in Auschwitsch at barely four months of age. Kaddish is really for the survivors, as solace, in memory of the lost one.
Hearing Lenny Kuhr sing makes me think of Kaddish for an Unborn Child the novel by Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész even if that's about a man who can't make himself to have a child in the Post-Holocaust world. 
At this memorial site, each red brickstone, placed on its end within the outline of a map of the Netherlands, stands for one person murdered. 102 Thousand out of 106 thousand torn away from their homes did not return from the death camps. 
Wat wisten de Nederlanders tijdens de Duitse bezetting van de Holocaust? Hebben zij bewust de andere kant op gekeken terwijl 102.000 Joodse medeburgers werden weggevoerd om te worden vermoord?
Translation: What did the Dutch know during the German occupation about the Holocaust? Were they aware 102 thousand Jewish citizens, men, women and children were hauled off to be murdered?
JvP: In effect 106 thousand people were transported to concentration and death camps "in the east", only a few thousand would return. 
The past is never past, in bringing the Holocaust to life in his towering nine and a half hour masterpiece, director Claude Lanzmann would stick solely to the present. Shoah is an astonishing film on a number of levels, starting with its own existence, a documentary on a subject so horrendous and horrific... Watch "Shoah" Documentary Film Online On March 8, 2010 Jacob Cohen, born on December 31, 1912 talks about his memories, delayed grief, and forgiveness between friends. His parents were killed in Sobibor. On his father's side all brothers and sisters, with spouses and offspring were murdered. On mother's side, of seven or eight children, only three survived ... DUTCH LANGUAGE ONLY
Tussen de barakken - door Jaap Polak en Ina Soep (2006) Jaap en Ina werden verliefd op elkaar in Westerbork. Jaap was toen al getrouwd met een ander en bovendien ruim tien jaar ouder dan Ina. 
After the "The Girl with the Red Hair" by Theun de Vries, and the movie with the same title, there's now "Het Schandaal" or "The Scandal".
Journalist/novelist Conny Braam uncovers the painful truth behind attacks on Dutch Resistance workers (heroes) at the end of WWII. 
Widespread education through the media, special events and other initiatives that provide information on the history and lessons of the Holocaust is essential to help prevent future genocides and mass atrocities, a top United Nations official said... 
SUBTITLED: THE ANNE FRANK HOUSE AUTHORIZED GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY
Pictures speak a 1000 words.
Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón. Drawing on the unique historical sites, archives,... DURING WWII AMSTERDAM'S PAROOL WENT UNDERGROUND
At the time the word "illegal" had a different connatation than the same word has in today's American English.
Illegal meant not going by the rules and laws of the occupying German forces, or Nazis. Illegal meant underground, Resistance. And the "illegal" newspaper HET PAROOL published news the Nazis didn't want to see spread.
Today HET PAROOL is still THE Amsterdam newspaper. Free and Fearless.
BETRAYING JEWISH FELLOW CITIZENS FOR A FEW GUILDERS
Painful truths about Dutch bounty hunters reported by research journalist Ad van Liempt.
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The discussion about a poem (see my translation in another scoop.it) written by a Dutch boy whose great uncle joined the SS continues.
In other words, empathy much be shown to the relatives of collaborators and traitors.
Still, that doesn't mean the true survivors of the Holocaust and WWII should have to share the spotlight during the National Memorial for WWII Victims with truth and attention seeking offspring of Nazi sympathizers.
Het omstreden gedicht van Auke de Leeuw (15) is toch niet te horen tijdens de dodenherdenking op de Dam...
Auschwitz Committee and Centre Information and Documentation Israël stood up against the reading of a controversial poem on May 4th.
I agree that remembering traitors and Nazi collaborators at WWII Memorial sites is a bad idea.
Meanwhile the National Committee 4 + 5 May, responsible for commemoration on the 4th and celebration on the 5th has cancelled the reading.
Translation of the poem:
Wrong Choice
My name is Auke Sieb Dirk I was named after my great-uncle Dirk Siebe A boy who made the wrong choice
He signed up with the wrong army With wrong ideals He fled from poverty And hoped for a better life
No way back Once a choice has been made Following a direction He can't escape
Fighting against the Russians Fear to die himself Thinking of home Where Dirk's future had not started His mother torn by war Mama of eleven children, four in the Resistance And one fighting at the East Front She loved all eleven
Dirk Siebe never came home
My name is Auke Siebe Dirk I was named after Dirk Siebe Because even Dirk Siebe should not be forgotten
Op 6 november 1978 onthulde historicus Loe de Jong dat de CDA-fractievoorzitter Willem Aantjes tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog lid was geweest van de SS. Een dag later trad Aantjes af.
The Anne Frank Center USA is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the universal message of tolerance by developing and disseminating a variety of educational programs, including exhibitions, workshops, and special events.
A couple who met at a Nazi transit camp in the Netherlands during World War II shared many moments together amid tortured times, then got married.
This is the story of Jaap Polak and Ina Soep. Check out The Long Shadow (see link here at Scoop-it!) to hear Polak talk about his life, and memories of survival. 
At the Amsterdam Archives - Exhibition Data Deportation and Murder of Jewish, Roma and Sinti Children 1942-1945 WATCH ONLINE
While this documentary doesn't contain imagery of Holland, 106,000 Dutch Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Some of my (older) friends survived concentration camps such as Bergen Belsen and Auschwitz, where most relatives on my father's side were murdered. Reason enough to add this link to Holocaust Holland.
On January 27th, the liberation of Auschwitz is remembered. See news clip on UN statement. 
Dutch author Theun de Vries wrote a novel "The Girl with the Red Hair" based on Hannie Schaft's work during WWII. René Soutendijk stars as Hannie in the movie with the same title. MUSEUMS URGE WITNESSES OF WWII AND SURVIVORS OF SHOAH: DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR CHATSKIS
Not just in the United States. In the Netherlands as well many museums with a focus on different aspects of WWII and Shoah are collecting diaries, photos, utensils, things you keep around the house. 
TIMELINE 1933 THROUGH 1945
Of 106,000 Jewish Dutch only 5,500 returned from concentration camps.
In 1977 I relocated to Amsterdam at the time my name was one among 30 other Van Praags in the telephone directory.
In 2002 data of the Amsterdam Archives became available Online. I looked up my grandfather Maurits and was astonished by the number of men with the same name: Maurits van Praag, I scrolled through a shere endless list. That alone tells you how many Jews lived in Amsteram before the Shoah.
This site shows the time line of razzias that took place during the Shoah, but more than that, it shows Jewish life during WWII in Amsterdam-Zuid (south). 
DUTCH TEXT BUT IMAGES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
The War, TV-series about WWII | De Oorlog (NPS), een tv-serie over de Tweede Wereldoorlog... |
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